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SSC CGL Problem Solving — practice questions

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Which barrier is the habit of re-using a previously successful solution?Read the answer and worked solution →Seeing a tool as having only one use is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which bias leads people to collect data that favours their preconceived notions?Read the answer and worked solution →Luchins' water jug experiments illustrated which problem-solving barrier?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of researchers is best known for work on human problem solving?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Peter Wason run his number triplet experiment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of problem has specific end goals and clearly expected solutions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which type of problem allows more initial planning?Read the answer and worked solution →Breaking a large, complex problem into smaller solvable ones is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strategy has a group suggest many ideas and then combine them?Read the answer and worked solution →Approaching a solution indirectly and creatively is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strategy picks an action at each step to move closer to the goal?Read the answer and worked solution →Testing possible solutions until the right one turns up is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strategy adapts the solution of an earlier, similar problem?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strategy transforms a problem into another one that already has solutions?Read the answer and worked solution →Assuming an explanation and trying to prove or disprove it is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strategy identifies the underlying cause of a problem?Read the answer and worked solution →In diagnosing a failure, which reasoning generates new hypotheses?Read the answer and worked solution →In causal diagnosis, which reasoning justifies a hypothesis with empirical data?Read the answer and worked solution →How many straight lines are needed to join the nine-dot grid in one stroke?Read the answer and worked solution →Which expression arose from the nine-dot problem?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of change do problem solvers tend to overlook?Read the answer and worked solution →In complex problems, what does polytely mean?Read the answer and worked solution →In complex problems, intransparency refers to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Applying the know-how of one problem to another is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →A sudden aha solution to a problem is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote How to Solve It, a 1945 book on problem solving?Read the answer and worked solution →Who developed the Logic Theory Machine with Newell and Simon?Read the answer and worked solution →Who developed logic programming and SLD resolution?Read the answer and worked solution →Who developed the resolution principle for algorithmic theorem proving?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which barrier is the habit of re-using a previously successful solution?

  1. Irrelevant data
  2. Functional fixedness
  3. Confirmation bias
  4. Rigid mental set
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Correct answer: D. Rigid mental set

Mental set is reliance on habit, re-using an earlier solution instead of searching for better ones.

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Seeing a tool as having only one use is called what?

  1. Rigid mental set
  2. Lateral thinking
  3. Skill transfer
  4. Functional fixedness
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Correct answer: D. Functional fixedness

Functional fixedness is the inability to conceive of any novel use for an object beyond its usual function.

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Which bias leads people to collect data that favours their preconceived notions?

  1. Group conformity
  2. Rigid mental set
  3. Functional fixedness
  4. Confirmation bias
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Correct answer: D. Confirmation bias

Confirmation bias is an unintentional tendency to gather and use data that supports ideas already held.

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